Torres' scoring record at Atleti is only slightly worse than Aguero's, though I agree he's probably not as talented.

Also think at least four ~30-year-old Abramovich signings were 'legit superstars', even if they didn't quite live up to billing. Robinho maybe a lesser player but at the time, nearly as exciting as Aguero.

did you watch shevchenko in 05/06? he had become an rvn/inzaghi type of player, a lethal finisher (scored 4 vs galatasaray iirc) but was beginning to slow and not so much of a threat outside the box....rvn moved in the right direction that summer, sheva made an overripe vanity purchase for abramovich

I guess we have to consider Citeh as major contenders for the title. Will be even more hilarious when they come third again despite their £300mn first team. I give him six months with that shower of cunts and he'll be pushing for a move off back to somewhere hotter.

kinda bollocks to qualify "best" with height of powers at time of move and then scorn deems for bringing public perception into it - not like there were ever any question marks over bergkamp when he signed, everyone knew he was world class

Sid Lowe's article ends abruptly (maybe he finally hyperventilated to the point of losing consciousness) by calling Aguero a No. 10, not sure how I feel about that. He likes to attack from a wide position but I think it's possible Dzeko will get in his way if they're played together.

that would make sense if public perception neatly correlated with actual talent, or if describing bergkamp with the pretty random honorific WORLD CLASS meant shit when all those other players are/were described thusly

the difference ought to be apparent between someone like bergkamp who had failed at one big club and a 23 yr old who has been pretty brilliant for several years

dzeko is about 70% of the way to nowhere, just another speculative january purchase like adam johnson who might be great, or alternatively will generate some revenue when the new uefa regulations are enforced

everyone knows bergkamp got stitched up at inter, they just lumped him into a standard catenaccio game. not like arsenal were seen as gambling on a busted flush, there were articles pronouncing "the signing that could change british football" and all sorts. i'm just saying the way you're selling it right now form completely overrides talent - imo bergkamp was as good as aguero, flop spell or not

aguero in recent yrs is probably a better player than bergkamp in mid 90s...kinda a forced comparison cuz they are so different, but the way he destroyed barcelona at the age of 20 was just amazing, he's a better finisher and more useful in dragging forwards scrappy half-functioning teams than bergkamp ever was

bergkamp was insanely gifted but his peak yrs playing in a league which was about the level of the current bundesliga

neat summary of epl 2k11, latin prodge escorted by bluetoothed UAE securigoons through sea of dickensian scamps while tubby fanboy reaches out yet can't bring himself to confirm that the apparition has assumed corporeality

i'm glad i started a fight anyway, though was sure it'd be the torres comment tbph

Mancini will not manage aguero to great effect, i fear. Silva's technique is fairly wasted, yaya's thrusting physicality prioritised, were tevez any less industrious he'd not be the success he has been, and aguero will not slot in as a replacement.

Crespo ballack and shevchenko were prob all as big moves, but really none at the height of their powers and none of them looking to prove anything

it's all the easier to hate it, tbh. Balotelli should be crashing cars into wenger's living room and scoring 40 a season. Dzeko could have gotten us 4th or higher. Silva could have, well ok, sat on the bench while barca destroyed utd but u see the point

The period of Shevchenko I mostly missed was Dynamo and his first couple seasons with Milan, so it's possible my idea of him as a player is less dynamic than he really was. Also he didn't invite comparisons to Inzaghi so much when played alongside Inzaghi iykwim.

Sergio Aguero has claimed that he is "the Che Guevara of modern football" and hopes to start what he believes will be a revolution when he joins Manchester City.

There has been talk about the Argentina international being Diego Maradona's son-in-law, and the Atletico Madrid man insists that it is unlikely any player will emulate the legendary former forward.

However, he believes that his ability and skill can bring about a revolution in football.

"No one will ever be exactly like Maradona again but I really think that every so often there is a total revolution in football and someone needs to be the revolutionary who starts things off. That's me,"

"I really think that every so often there is a total revolution in football and someone needs to be the revolutionary who starts things off. That's me. Maradona made some 'noise' in his day and I want to roar a bit in my day - now.

"I like tricks, I like to dazzle, I like to be able to score a goal with one leg bent round the other so that you smack the ball into the net with your wrong foot. Dribbling and leaving your opponent on his backside is what life is for.

"If I achieve what I want to then I'll mark a distinct era in football. I'm the Che Guevara of modern soccer."

These papers just make up whatever the fuck they want and put quotes around it.

A bit disturbing, to me, that City now have more players I actually like than any other team in the Prem. Wonder if this means I'll be rooting for them to win the title? Dzeko, Kun, YaYa, Silva, Super Mario, Kompany all total bros.

Yeah if nothing else with 'one leg bent round the other so that you smack the ball into the net with your wrong foot' is a dead giveaway - I'm sure Aguero would know the word rabona, which is Spanish and was first used in Argentina.

Overmars, Kluivert, Shevchenko, Gullit, Yaya, Barthez all CL winning superstars. Klinsmann, Robinho and Silva had played in a WC winning team, Gullit/Klinsmann/Pires/Silva/Schmiechal in a Euro winning team. Shevchenko had won Ballon D'Or. Ok he didn't have a great season before he left AC but it was still Shevchenko and people were still going ape shit. Also Crespo and Ballack not to be frowned upon. Most of these names didn't have great times in the Premiership, and may actually be a large part of the 'foreigners don't adapt well' myth but they were all legit world superstars.

But yeah super excited to watch this dude. Shame he had to go to a Mancini side but when he is fired in November and they hopefully get a manager whose tactics are worth watching, a team with him as the spearhead has real potential.

Sorry Barthez (and Blanc! and Desially! and Thierry I guess) won the World Cup, not the CL. Although Desailly may have, I think! And Wiltord also won the Euro before being signed and although he came with a big reputation, wasn't a legit star. (See also: Malouda.)

Aguero tore EPL defences to pieces and won City the title two years ago. His lack of impact last season was mostly down to injury and Mancini being a cretin. He's on nine goals this season. Only Suarez is more dangerous right now.

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